Improved ice-cutter



tlnitd dts-tee 'gatmt @tim 1 c. WQELINT, or WASHINGTON, DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.

` Letters PetentNogSSO, dated December 22, 1868; mttedaft'ed December 19, 1868.

IMPROVE!) ICE-CUTTER.

The Schedule referred to :in-these Letters Patent and. making part of the lame.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known thatI, C. W. FLINT, of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and improved Ice-Gutter; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the Y accompanying drawings, fomning a part of this spe-cification.. l p

Figure 1 is a front View of my'improved machine, partly in sectiony through the line a: x, iig. 2.

' Figure 2 is an end view of the same.

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view of the cuttingcylinder, taken through the line y y, lig. 2.

Similar letters ef reference indicate corresponding parts. A

Myinvention has for its object to furnish a simple, convenient, and effective machine for cutting orwsbaving ice in restaurants, saloons, for 'soda-fountains, and forsimilar uses; and

It consists in the construction and combination of the various parts, as hereinafter more fully described. A is alight metallic plate, screwed fast to the counter, or other suitable and convenient support.

B is a shelf or outwardly-projecting iiange, formed upon or attached to the lower edge of the plate A, and

which shouldbe of sulicient width to hold the blockof ice. Y

C is a two-armed bracket, formed upon or attached to the upper edge of the plate A, near its forward end, in which bracket is hung and revolves a short vertical shaft, D, Ahaving a hollow cylinder, E, attached to its lowerend, so as to be carried' around 4with said shaft in its revolution.'

To the shaft D, between the arms of the bracket C, ls attached a small beveLgear wheel, F, into the teeth of which mesh lthe bevel-teeth formed upon the inner side of the cran1kwheel G, which revolves upon an'aXle formedupon the outer end of the upper arm of the bracket C, and to which motion is given by means of the erank-pin or handle H, formed upon or attached to said wheel G. I

The hollow cylinder E is' slotted vertically from its lower end in one or more/places, Aand to the edge of the slot or slots thus formed is adj nstably attached ,a knife, I, by set-screws, or other convenient means, so

' that the said knife may be conveniently adjusted to cut or shave the ice coarser or finer, as may be desired.

J is a stationary scraper, attached to the shelf or flange B, and which projects upward along theV inner side of the cylinder E, so as to scrape oii or detach the fine ice from the interior of the said cylinder, al-

lowing it to fall into the goblet or tumbler held beneath" the open lower end of said cylinder.

If desired, a small shelf may be attached to the counter or other suppolt, in a convenient position to hold the goblet or tumblerwhile cutting the ice.

Having thus described myinventiou,

What I claim as new, and desire to fsecupre by Letters Patent, is l An improved ice-cutter, formed by the combination of the plate A, shelf or flange B, .two-armed brackets C, crank-gear wheel AGr, small gear-wheel F, vertical shaft D, vertical hollow cylinder E, adjustable knife or knives I, and scraper J, with each other, substantially as herein shownand described, and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 2d day of June, 1868,

' C. W. FLINT.

Witnesses:

ALEX. F. RoBERTs, l

JAMES T. GRAHAM. 

